Long poem about... Joe Harriott...

[David Ayers]

...and Thomas Hariot. 

The poet Gavin Selerie, who works his own version of the Charles Olson tradition, has just published a major sequence based on the lives of Joe Harriott and the English astronomer and polymath, Thomas Hariot. This is one for poetry specialists for sure, and is printed in a physically fine papercover format by Five Seasons Press, with designs by Alan Halsey. So something of a collectable too (and a pretty keen price, I'd say).

Here is the link to the description of the book on the Five Seasons website: http://www.fiveseasonspress.com/#hariotdouble

There won't be another poetic sequence about Joe Harriott along for maybe some time, let alone as serious an endeavour as this, and based on my initial familiarity with it after the launch reading I recommend it. To figure out if it fits your tastes and interests, take a look at "Spectrum" (which deals with Harriot's styles), which is one of the sample pages at the press website.

 

The title is Hariot Double.

 

Post edited to correct my spelling of Harriott!

Edited October 26, 2016 by David Ayers

[mjazzg]

Looks intriguing.

To my shame my knowledge of poetry could fit on a postage stamp but I've ordered a copy of this to hopefully shed some light on the darkness  

[Joe]

Thanks for sharing this!

[page]

Wow, that looks great! Thanks so much, David!